I
live in Big Spring (West) Texas between Midland and Lubbock. Much to
the shock of many in our small town, in April we found out Big Spring
will be a 'Jade Helm 15' exercise location.

In
early May military helicopters started flying over my house here and
there for about a week. I speculated they were looking at the terrain
for training spots. Although, I guess according to this article I'm
supposed to be terrorized:

I
have not seen any tanks. Yet. Texans scared of a few helicopters flying
over? It does happen every once in a while. About 90 miles south of
here is San Angelo where Goodfellow AFB is located and 120 miles east
of here is Abeline where Dyess AFB is located. We don't swoon over a
few helicopters.

We
were not told about this 'event' until it was a done deal. While I wouldn't
say there was a revolt, some are upset and vocal about it; hard to guess
how many. Our idiot mayor told the local rag newspaper military officials
had negotiated contracts with local landowners to conduct Jade Helm
15 exercises. No landowners are being forced to have training on their
property. Any training on public land was worked out with regional authorities.
A couple of landowners were quoted in the newspaper saying they would
refuse to allow any military exercises on their land - not even for
money. Hard to say how many also took that position.

Many
business owners here welcome Jade Helm as it's estimated to bring in
roughly $150,000 in revenues for this small town. A couple of residents
interviewed said while they support our military they don't want them
here for training. The right answer.

"There
can be no doubt that the internal events at Walmart holds the key to
the end game of Jade Helm operations. Jade Helm and Walmart are inextricably
linked and the existing evidence suggests one of two possible end game
probabilities for Jade Helm.

"1.
Converted Walmart stores will be processing centers for FEMA camp
political prisoners.
"2. Some Walmarts will be used as supply and staging centers
for an internal conflict within the United States

"In
the past four weeks, I have watched over 100 videos on Jade Helm and
Walmart. I have performed what researchers call a qualitative, or a
descriptive analysis of the available facts. In performing this task,
I have looked for patterns among the recent Walmart closings because
it is clear that the closings coincide with Jade Helm. This constitutes
Phase One of the analysis. In Phase Two, the findings from phase one
are correlated to known or strongly suspected events connected to Jade
Helm and/or other areas of concern related to national security. Subsequently,
this kind of descriptive analysis can yield strong clues as to the true
intent of where Jade Helm is headed and what the Walmart role consistes
of in conjunction with Jade Helm."

It
is exactly because of that type of scare mongering which prompted Texans
to burn up the phone lines to Gov. Gregg Abbott who responded by ordering
the State Guard to monitor Jade Helm activities here in Texas. Gov.
Abbott released this statement:

“It
is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private
property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed. By monitoring
the operation on a continual basis, the State Guard will facilitate
communications between my office and the commanders of the operation
to ensure that adequate measures are in place to protect Texans.”
One can at least say Abbott was responsive to his citizens.

There
is a difference between hysteria and being concerned and wanting answers.
This article is also typical of what's been swirling around the Internet:

"Since
March 13, 2015 when All News PipeLine received and published the leaked
Jade Helm 15 documents, a firestorm blew throughout the internet with
Alternative Media exposing every possible connection, theory, danger
and highlighting other disturbing military training exercises happening
on US soil, many Americans have "woken up" to the very real
possibility that the US government is actively preparing to lock down
the country and declare martial law, whether it will happen during these
planned exercises from July to September, or if these exercises are
just one of the preparations for a later event.

"Below
we will list the chronology of ANP coverage on Jade Helm by both Stefan
Stanford, Susan Duclos and a reader submission, the strange announcement
of multiple Walmart closings, some in Jade Helm states and the possible
connection to Jade Helm, and the massive military movement being seen
across America since Jade Helm was exposed to the public."

The
link above has a whole list of stories about Jade Helm; no need to duplicate
them here.

The
link above has lots of photos of military equipment on railroad cars.
Something we frequently see across this country because the
military moves troops and equipment all the time. Sometimes
they ship, just as you see in those pictures, equipment slated for overseas.
Those go by rail to places like Oakland, California. The Army base there
puts those vehicles on what are called 'row-row's which are huge
ships. I know because I worked on that base and was their volunteeer
'roving reporter' who wrote articles for the base newspaper in addition
to my job as a GS-11 Administrative Assistant; 1989. I had a great time
roaming around the base and writing articles way back then. One of my
articles was on the 'row-row's up close and boy did I learn a lot that
day.

I
would again encourage people to find out what martial law really is
and isn't: A
Primer on Martial Law. Dr. Edwin Vieira who wrote the Primer series
also has a book out that should be read - especially by state legislators
and governors: By
Tyranny Out of Necessity - The "Bastardy" of Martial Law.
Citizens and elected officials, including yours truly until I read A
Primer on Martial Law, are woefully uneducated about what martial law
is and isn't. I feel safe in saying so are the majority of sheriff's,
mayors, state legislators, governors and the Outlaw Congress. I highly
recommend you get a copy of Tyranny Out of Necessity and give it to
your sheriff - as a group if possible. Numbers make an impression.

Back
in April speculation was rampant the closings were in retaliation for
workers lobbying for better wages and working conditions. At the stores
that closed, employees were given two months paid leave for both full-time
and part-time workers. They were also given the option of transferring
to another store location until repairs were done.

Let
me tell you what I know first hand. Here in Big Spring the China (Wal)
Mart is a mile away as the crow flies from my house. I'm not a China
(Wal) mart shopper per say. Oddly enough they have a better organic
veggie section than the main grocery store here in town. Their deli
is also the only one in town that carries a brand of roast beef that
is all natural (free range) with no artificial hormones, preservatives
or additives of any kind. I purchase it for my West Highland Terrier.
Muffin takes several medications. She has big teeth. So, to make my
life easier, I wrap her pills in a little bit of roast beef and down
her throat it goes. My other two girls (you
can see them all here) also get a little bite 'cause if one gets
something, they all get it. Just like kids (no pun intended).

Anyway,
back in mid-May I walked into the store and this horrible smell hit
me; smelled like a sewer. I left. A few days later I went back because
I ran out of doggie roast beef. The smell was still there but not so
strong. I went to the back of the store to the Deli section; it was
closed; the smell was stronger. A lady was washing down counters. I
ask why was the deli department closed? She scrunched up her nose and
said same old problem: plumbing. That is an old store that needs to
be either upgraded or torn down and rebuilt because as I found out from
asking around, its been plagued with plumbing problems for years.

One
of the five stores closed is in Midland, Texas, 40 miles from my home.
Because I live in a small town I have to go to Midland for PetsMart,
Flat Belly Organics, the used book store and some others. After the
deluge of articles about Jade Helm, I decided to check out the closed
China (Wal) Mart in Midland. Actually, there are two. One of the claims
is the five closed stores are strategic in location. Really? One China
(Wal) Mart in Midland is right off Hwy 20; it is open. The closed one
is off the 250 loop on the other side of town and is hardly 'strategic'.

I've
been to that closed store four times now since May. At all different
times. Noon, 1:30, 3:00, 3:35. Circled back around after running errands.
The first time I was there four plumbing trucks from a well known local
brand were out front along with one van from a tile company. I drove
all the way around the store. No tanks, no military. Just a few cars
and pick up trucks in the parking lot with regular looking guys bringing
in lunch bags (McDonald's) who looked like they worked in construction.
The second time only one plumbing truck was there and a few cars, trucks
and a security guard who didn't need any more McDonald's. The third
and fourth time I drove around the store no one was there; everything
was locked down.

Would
it be unusual to see a few military vehicles parked on their lot? No.
Military convoys do pull off the road to get food and gas. Right next
to the China (Wal) Mart I described above are three "fast food"
joints making an easy walk to them. Not once in the four times I stopped
by to check out that store did I see anything resembling military.

Back
in 1989, my husband was a Colonel in the U.S. Army; 27 years in service.
At that time he was the DEH (Director of Engineering & Housing)
at Ft. Carson - a huge military base located near Colorado Springs.
137,000 acres with a 'population' of about 14,000 at any given time.
I worked in contracting at Peterson Air Force Base, Air Force Space
Command in Colorado Springs. Bush, Sr. was getting ready for the Kuwait
rumble. Lots of equipment moving around all the time.

On
Sunday, June 14, 2015, I was heading South on I-25 leaving the Denver,
Colorado, area back to Texas. I got off the freeway to get gas; it was
at the most southern entrance onto Ft. Carson. There were half a dozen
sand color military trucks; smaller ones. One Humvee was getting gas
in front of me; a young kid of maybe 20-ish at the pump. I ask if he
was part of the Jade Helm exercises? He looked confused and said no,
'mam, just retuning to base, which I assumed was Ft. Carson. As they
were coming south to north, I figured they were from the Pinon Canyon
Maneuver Site (PCMS) which is also huge in size: 235,896 acres located
east of Trinidad, CO.

I
got back on the freeway and for maybe a half hour or so there were several
caravans (20 or so vehicles each) just like the ones in
this short video moving through Corona, California. The only difference
is they were all sand color. Yes, just like the soldiers in the video
they were sitting on top looking bored as they trundled down the freeway.

A
few days after I returned home to Big Spring I found this article dated
June 14, 2015, Fort
Carson unit works on new type of warfare at Piñon Canyon:
PIÑON CANYON - "Sweeping movements spanned miles of territory
across southeastern Colorado last week and involved hundreds of vehicles
and thousands of Fort Carson soldiers from the post's 1st Brigade Combat
Team." So, I was right about that one. I covered a story about
the Pinon Canyon proposed land expansion by the government several years
ago; that was an on-site investigation. I am very familiar with that
area.

Joel
Skousen has been in the trenches a long time and knows what he's talking
about. He puts out the excellent World
Affairs Brief daily. Let me quote from his May 8, 2015 newsletter:

Jade
Helm: More Bogus Claims

"The
Jade Helm 15 military exercise is real and it is practicing to capture
and extract dissidents, but martial law is not imminent and the Wal-Mart
closings are not involved. You can find an excellent
review of the truth and hype by the New American. What is of particular
interest is how the media is using conservative's belief in all the
false hype to discredit what is true about conspiracy. I've always maintained
that this is one of the main purposes of the government putting out
false stories about DHS buying 2 billion rounds of ammo etc. Using NSA
spying techniques they are tracking who believes it and who passes the
rumor on.

"Here's
another bad rumor that is put out by government disinformation experts—that
hundreds of boxcars are being readied with shackles inside for prisoners.
The false
rumor even names the company in Portland, Oregon that makes them—Gunderson
Steel.

"Recently,
I knew someone who lived near where I live in Portland, Oregon. He
worked at Gunderson Steel Fabrication, where they make railroad cars.
Now, I knew this fellow for the better part of 30 years, and he was
kind of a quiet type. He came in to see me one day excited, and he
told me 'they're building prisoner cars.' He was nervous. Gunderson,
he said, had a contract with the federal government to build 107,200
full length railroad cars, each with 143 pairs of shackles.

"Notice
how they always provide details to bolster confidence in the supposed-leaker—he’s
the “quiet type” or a “good Christian” (who
wouldn't lie), etc.... Fortunately the rumor was debunked
by a real employee:

"This
article gave me a good laugh. But it is sad to see such balderdash
on Portland indymedia. This nonsense appeared a while ago saying the
same thing. I've worked at Gunderson Inc for many years, so let's
get a few facts straight. One we haven't built boxcars for a few years
now in Portland. They are made down in Mexico; we only build container
cars these days. The 'shackles' are dimples which are with a small
piece of metal going across which is used for tying goods down.

"Think
about it, why would you bother putting prisoners in shackles anyway
[good point]. The Nazis in Germany just herded people onto a box car
at the point of a gun, and then shut the door. It's hard to cut through
steel with your finger nails. And they could just use the containers
if they wanted to transport prisoners, like they have used in Afghanistan
and Iraq. And who the hell is Brent Gunderson? Gunderson has been
owned by Greenbrier since around 1985. There is no 'Brent' or any
other Gunderson on the board at Greenbrier."

What
is my take on Jade Helm? Well, first of all, I didn't fall off the turnip
truck yesterday. I've been in the trenches full time for 24 years. I'm
not stupid and anyone who thinks I trust the U.S. government doesn't
know me very well.

1,600
soldiers are participating in Jade Helm. Hardly enough to cover, even
if it were possible, implementation of martial law.

The
military conducts all kinds of exercises year 'round training troops
for more worthless fighting over in the Middle East. They do it on military
bases. Except, for the first time, the military will be going to several
locations in seven states and doing their practicing on public and private
lands with permission and monetary bribes.

Much
has been said about the use of 'hostile, 'friendly' and 'neutral' in
military documents. If you've ever been in the military or married to
someone in service that lingo is very common. Texas was referred to
as 'hostile' in one of the documents exposed on the Internet. Doesn't
surprise me. Texas IS all about the Second Amendment and a whole lot
of people in this state don't trust the U.S. government for valid reasons
so it's no surprise to me some jerk in DoD decides to attach it to Texas.
The mistake the brass made was not being more transparent about those
exercises from the beginning, but then again, it was never their intention.
We the people don't like surprises.

Do
I think there are other reasons for suddenly using public and private
land for military exercises? I do. Anyone who believes we have an economy
in recovery is either in denial or has their head in rectal darkness.
Things are very, very bad in this country. If it's not Muslim terrorists
on U.S. soil, it's militant Mexicans with their 'reclaim the border
states' sedition. Rioting by blacks deliberately stirred up by race
baiting whores like Al Sharpton and Barry Soetoro aka Obama. A big,
bad storm brewing.

We
know it and the shadow government knows it because they're the ones
orchestrating this nightmare we live in day to day. They also know there's
more than 300,000,000 guns in the hands of the American people. While
there's no doubt in my mind a percentage of gun owners would turn to
jello if push comes to shove (which no sane person wants), do NOT under
estimate the patriotic resolve of the American people when she is threatened
- even if it is our own government. The Internet has made it possible
for military, just like civilians, to get credible information about
what's really going on, so don't write all of them off, either.

I
believe using public and private land for military exercises is test
run if you will. For one thing, our military is very popular these days
compared to when John came home from Viet Nam. Condition the American
people to seeing armed military in their towns and cities. They're the
"good guys". I warned about this a long, long time
ago and in columns throughout the years:

"Bill
of Rights No Obstacle for the [Marine] Corps." That piece exposed
the mindset way back then that at some point due to: "...the rising
potential for civil disobedience within the inner cities it is 'inevitable'
the U.S. military will be employed more often within American borders."
Read on: "The next real war we fight is likely to be on U.S. soil."
That huge essay goes on to talk about military operations against Americans
right here at home.

"When
the troops land in Texas for Operation Jade Helm next week, someone
will be waiting for them. Hundreds of people have organized a "Counter
Jade Helm" surveillance operation across the Southwestern states
and in an effort to keep an eye on the contentious military drill that's
sparked many suspicious of Uncle Sam's intentions. Eric Johnston, a
51-year-old retired firefighter and sheriff's deputy who lives in Kerrville,
is a surveillance team leader in Texas. He'll coordinate three groups
of volunteers, about 20 folks in total, who hope to monitor the SEALs,
Green Berets and Air Force Special Ops in Bastrop, Big Spring and Junction
when Jade Helm kicks off on July 15.

"With
media
prohibited at the drills, the volunteers could be a main source
of information for the highly-anticipate seven-state exercise. But locations
more precise than the towns around which troops will drill remain unknown.
For the citizens' surveillance operation, therein lies the first challenge.
"If a team member sees two Humvees full of soldiers driving through
town, they're going to follow them," Johnston said. "And they're
going to radio back their ultimate location. They aren't worried about
martial law, he said, but feel like they can't trust the government,
and want to make sure the Military isn't under orders to pull anything
funny."

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That's
nice. It's too bad such enthusiasm hasn't been displayed towards getting
our state legislature to reconstitute the constitutional militia. It
is the ONLY thing our corrupt, puppet government fears. Certainly not
a few hundred well-meaning, concerned people. If the true
constitutional militia existed in the 50 states, or even say 30
states, millions and millions of Americans would have received a good
education on the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and what 'martial
law' really means. Well organized and armed. Most unfortunate it hasn't
happened.

In
any event, I shall carry my camera around with me for the next two months
and report back in a future column.

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We were not
told about this 'event' until it was a done deal. While I wouldn't say
there was a revolt, some are upset and vocal about it; hard to guess
how many. Our idiot mayor told the local rag newspaper military officials
had negotiated contracts with local landowners to conduct Jade Helm
15 exercises. No landowners are being forced to have training on their
property.